Minister of Peace. And war. One of the Four Saviors. He looks like an idiot hero and would never have attracted Ari if he was. Rural nobility turned sword of the revolution turned The Person In Charge Of Keeping The Army From Pulling Coups.

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"Our monks go robed in rain and snow,
But the heart of flame therein,
But you go clothed in feasts and flames,
When all is ice within;
- The Ballad of the White Horse, G.K. Chesterton, Book 3